The ImageBrush's content is vertically centered
<Window xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" x:Class="SDKSample.SampleViewer" Title="Examples" > <Canvas> <Rectangle Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="1" Width="200" Height="150" Stroke="Maroon" StrokeThickness="1" HorizontalAlignment="Left"> <Rectangle.Fill> <ImageBrush Stretch="None" AlignmentY="Center" ImageSource="c:\image.jpg" /> </Rectangle.Fill> </Rectangle> </Canvas> </Window>